Global Traffic Solutions today is an innovative transportation engineering consultancy firm specializing in providing multimodal transportation engineering solutions to clients in India and overseas.
We are a dynamic team of engineers aspiring to serve the community better by providing sustainable, safe and effective multimodal engineering solutions.
By carrying out methodical evaluations of empirical data, we provide solutions based on scientifically approved methodologies using globally accepted multimodal analytical tools. We at GTS, are committed to using scientific principles and state-of-the-art software on our ongoing projects, to provide the same level of excellence to our local clients as well as our international clients. No project is too small or too big for us. We work with clients in the private sector as well as public sector. Our understanding of the ground realities and industry practices helps us formulate innovative sustainable solutions, allowing us to go the distance to meet our client’s expectations.
Our Team
Our understanding of the ground realities and industry practices, helps us formulate innovative sustainable solutions.
Mr. Pratapsingh Bhonsle, P.E., P.T.O.E
Founder & Principal EngineerPratapsingh Bhonsle has a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering (with emphasis on Transportation Engineering) from University of Florida, USA and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Government College of Engineering, Pune. With over 17 years of experience on a variety of transportation engineering projects with consulting firms in India, America and the Middle East; he is a subject matter expert for providing safe and effective multimodal transportation engineering solutions. More recently, the World Bank appointed Mr. Bhonsle as their Consultant to assist with their ongoing sustainable transportation projects.
Mr. Bhonsle is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in Louisiana, and a licensed Professional Traffic Operations Engineer® (PTOE). This is a powerful demonstration of the requisite knowledge, skill and ability in the specialized application of traffic operations engineering. He has specialized training in multiple traffic analysis and simulation software packages such as Vissim, Vistro, Viswalk, CORSIM, Synchro, SimTraffic, HCS, SIDRA and traffic data collection software packages such as PetraPro, TraxPro and PC-Travel. In May 2017, Mr. Bhonsle completed a 15-day certification program on ‘Road Safety Audit and other Road Safety Related Aspects’ as a part of the nation’s first batch of safety professionals attending the technical program being conducted by CSIR-Central Road Research Institute in New Delhi, India. In the past, Mr. Bhonsle has completed multiple workshops conducted by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development on the use of specialized traffic engineering software and the design of Modern Roundabouts as well as the ‘Complete Streets’ concept. As a part of his professional development, Mr. Bhonsle has also completed a workshop with the Regional Planning Commission of New Orleans titled ‘Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists’.
In the recent years Mr. Bhonsle has been active locally by acting in an advisory role for the Pune Traffic Police, Pimpri-Chinchwad Traffic Police, Sangli Traffic Police, Kolhapur Traffic Police, Ratnagiri Traffic Police and Mumbai Traffic Police.
Mr. Mahindra Deshmukh
Transportation EngineerMr. Deshmukh has a Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Nagpur University. He is a certified Road Safety Auditor and has completed a 15-day road safety program from CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi, India. Mr. Deshmukh recently completed a 5-day course in advance simulation techniques and big-data analytics in transportation at SVNIT, Surat. As a part of his office responsibilities, Mr. Deshmukh assists senior staff with signal timing, coordination & synchronization projects. He is also responsible for the team’s micro-simulation and GIS projects
Ms. Ankita Bhadane
Transportation EngineerMs. Bhadane holds a Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering from BITS Pilani and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Pune University. She is responsible for reviewing and analyzing traffic data for Traffic Impact Assessment projects and actively contributes on our ongoing Road safety audit and work zone traffic management projects. Her experience and recent contribution to our Airport planning ITS project and urban road safety projects enabled us to diversify our technical capabilities. Her previous experience with the Dehradun Airport project and Hyderabad Metro’s public transport and para-transit accessibility project, empowers her with a good understanding of these transportation domains.
Mr. Shailesh Singh
Transportation EngineerMr. Singh holds a Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering from MIT-ADT University, Pune and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Mumbai University. Through his time with GTS, Mr. Singh has worked on multiple transportation geometric design and review projects, roadway signage design and quantity estimates, roundabout and signalized intersection analyses, vehicle swept path reviews and parking circulation designs, traffic diversion design as well as urban and rural road safety projects. Prior to joining GTS, Mr. Singh has had experience with site execution and quantity analysis for different residential projects.
Our Services
‘One-stop-shop’ for transportation and traffic engineering projects
Traffic Diversion and Work Zone Traffic Management Plans
A work zone is such an area where the operating conditions of road are altered due to ongoing construction activities. The presence of work zone traffic and regular traffic together makes the construction zone a potential zone of conflict, which may raise the safety issues. Hence, traffic signs, roadway markings, delineators, barricades, diversions, etc. help manoeuvre the work zone in a safe manner. An improper traffic diversion plan can add to the traffic delays caused by the project as well as create a hazardous situation for the motorists and construction workers working on the project.
Our extensive experience with designing work zone traffic management plans for local as well as international projects helps clients obtain the necessary regulatory permissions as well as improve the overall safety of the project. Our ability to prepare traffic diversion plans based on an analysis of the projected site traffic data, standard barricading offsets, transitioning tapers, cautionary signage and roadway marking plans allow us to improve safety of the work zone and accommodate international safety practises into the design.
Coordinating with local stake holders such as Municipal Corporation staff, Traffic Police staff, Public Transport staff, Citizen representatives and making technical presentations to senior level decision makers is a part of our working methodology. Preparing an all-inclusive traffic diversion plan to accommodate pedestrian and public transport issues as well as access to utilities and property lines is something that our design team takes very seriously and emphasises upon.
Traffic Impact and Traffic Simulation Studies
The purpose of a Traffic Impact Study is to anticipate the impacts of an upcoming development project to the existing transportation infrastructure and propose alternatives to mitigate this impact. Use of standardised trip generation data and customising it to the proposed land use helps determine the future traffic estimates arising from the development.
Comparing these future estimates with the existing available capacity of the transportation infrastructure using state of the art analytical tools helps us determine the impact of the proposed development. Accordingly providing recommendations to improve the capacity through junction improvements, corridor improvements, access improvements and mode choice selection is something that we understand very well and offer our clients to help them make their project a feasible and sustainable development.
Microsimulation tools help Engineers model transportation infrastructure and test it for multiple scenarios. This helps designers fine tune the design prior to implementing it in the field. Running a typical traffic scenario for a proposed junction as a grade separated junction (flyovers, underpasses) or a signalised junction or a roundabout option can easily be investigated in a simulation environment.
Our inhouse simulation tools include PTV VISSIM, PTV VISTRO and Trafficware’s Synchro to model and simulate transportation infrastructure projects.
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Traffic Signal Design Services and Junction Design Plans
Designing a junction for a signalised traffic control is a very technical exercise. It is based on conducting a traffic count to estimate the volume of left turning, straight and right turning traffic at the junction. Accordingly, green, amber and red times are allotted for each movement.
Calculations for the signal timings include allotting sufficient green time for the vehicles to progress through the junction, sufficient amber time to meet the dilemma zone thresholds (the duration where a motorist decides to stop or to pass through the junction on amber phase), as well as ‘all red’ intervals for providing a safety clearance to vehicles clearing the intersection which may have entered at the end of the amber phase.
In addition to providing sufficient time to all movements at the intersection, designing the signal timings for a junction to maintain progression and coordination with adjacent signalised junctions requires a detailed understanding of signal timing operation design.
In the urban context, where intersections not only offer access to vehicular traffic but also serve pedestrian traffic, the responsibility of providing sufficient pedestrian crossing time and safe pedestrian phasing for the vulnerable road users relies on the traffic engineer. With multiple cities opting to accommodate ‘transit signal priority’ phasing for their Bus Rapid Transit Corridors, designing signal timing plans for public transport operations is a trend that sustainable cities are moving towards.
Our extensive experience with designing universally accessible junctions and corresponding signal timings plans in America, Middle East and India allow our engineers the ability provide context sensitive designs to clients.
Parking Studies and analysis
Parking studies involve data collection activities to understand the parking potential of the proposed location. Designing parking management plans include activities such as parking accumulation studies, parking demand assessments, parking occupancy assessments, parking revenue estimations, and design of parking facilities in terms of circulation, signage and marking plans.
Our experience and understanding of the parking demand supply relationships as well as new technologies being implemented in the industry position us to be a qualified advisor and technical partner to assist you with your parking initiatives.
Road Safety Audits
The aim of a Road Safety Audit (RSA) is to ensure that the design and construction activities are reviewed from a standpoint of road safety such that any parameter of the project that is unsuitable for the project is corrected in time. Recommendations arising out of a road safety audit help in minimising the likelihood of crashes occurring through safety-conscious planning and design. RSA’s may be conducted during the design stage (to improve the safety of the infrastructure being proposed), construction stage (to improve the safety of the construction workers and regular commuter traffic in the vicinity of the work zone), pre-opening stage (to accommodate any additional safety improvements prior to opening the new facility to regular traffic), and post-opening stage (to review problem areas and propose mitigation measures).
Our inhouse safety auditing team comprises of auditors with international exposure as well as multiple auditors who have completed the 15-day certification program on ‘Road Safety Audit and other Road Safety Related Aspects’ conducted by CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
Public Transport Design
Sustainability for a city wide transportation program can only be achieved by strengthening the public transport network. The more efficient a City’s public transport, the less dependent are its citizens on the use personal vehicles which in turn helps reduce congestion in the City’s transportation infrastructure and enables the inclusion of non-motorised infrastructure.
Our experience with designing pan-city Bus operations as well as customised door-to-door employee Bus transport systems enable us to meet the needs of clients looking to operate substantiable transport options. Additionally, our experience with designing citywide Public Bicycle Share (PBS) plans can help clients meet the last mile connectivity goals and support their sustainability initiatives.
Pedestrian Impact and analysis
Certain developments like Metro stations, Bus stations and heavily used pedestrian infrastructure such as footpaths and pedestrian crossing locations (unsignalized as well as signalised) have the ability to draw a large number of people. The large amount of pedestrian activity may become a major safety concern in the absence of an appropriate pedestrian infrastructure and pedestrian management. Pedestrian studies and modelling these scenarios in a simulation environment help design infrastructure to move people efficiently and safely.
Our pedestrian infrastructure projects include reviewing pedestrian facilities for compliance with universal access guidelines, intersection and corridor crossing treatments and pedestrian inclusive signal phasing designs
Traffic Surveys
Traffic studies require excessive data collection. Our data collection teams are equipped to undertake the following types of survey:
- Classified Traffic Volume Count (TVC) surveys
- Travel-time surveys
- User-Perception surveys
- Pedestrian Count surveys
- Vehicle Parking surveys
- Origin-Destination surveys
- Roadway Inventory surveys
- Public Transportations surveys
- Vehicle Occupancy surveys
- In-vehicle interviews
- On-street interviews
Our teams work with clients to populate data in the formats provided by the client or alternatively incorporate the data in the formats popularly accepted by the transportation industry.
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Unit No: 102, Horizon West One, Mumbai-Pune Highway, Opp. Teerth Technospace, Baner, Pune- 411045, Maharashtra, INDIA
Email:
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